New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-15
ENGLISH AID FOR IRELAND.

Writing about the northern coast OF Ireland. Mn.
Dlnah Mulock Craik in "Thc English illustrated Mag
azine" gives the following account Of the manner In
which public and private assistance has been rendered
by English toward establishing profitable fisheries
there VI interest, in connection with tho recent
reports Of baroness Burdet COuttss efforts, to OBJ
serve that England has not hitherto been altogether
unmIndful of the needs Of the Irish fishermen.
Rising this morning to day 70 doubtful that we
held an alter-brcakfast council 70 what We should
do-if could 40 anything-theie was announced a
visitor: elderly gentleman, hale and hearty, the
randrops gistening his gray frlcLc shooting coat
and pleasant rosy iace-who gave Us "wclc9me 10
welLknown Belfast firm and eldest OF large family
of brothers and sisters, All unmarried, who had been
reported to us a. using thelr large income IN uohs
\ good many years ago, being accidentally at
the district bought land built shooting lodge,
then bought and enlargel the little Inn adding acre
the whole countrywide and arc among the large land
owners whom the preachers of the doctrine OF threo
they done with their land They have built cottages
of pounds and assigned them 20 public u-o.
have helped to get the harior repaired and the fish
restartei have instituted various inland indus
ui,s, besides employing host OF People and giving
them steady wages through hard tunes. In short.
hearts in the country. could do TO benefit IL
OF course they have had their calumnatOrs-re
q9ihng To fight inch By inch against the ignorance
which rcsi.t- any imprOS oment. and tho prejudice
which Is alway@ ready t. discover III motive rather
upon tho wate with the certainty Of not f ndng it.
even after many DAYS. But they have gone on from
year t. year succeeding or falling as might happen
yet alway! rBdismyed. "1hc Musgraves" arc
h 9 "a, and n rs'P pee all over DONEGAL o,
zeal about the fisheries. OF course, contradictory
accounts. Ono was that no fishing worth speaking
Of was TO be got; the fnny family, always capri
cous having deserted their old haunts. or boon
driven away by tie trawlers, that II Is
% go after them nfteen twenty miles out TO sea-
which. for want OF proper boats the fishermen dare
not do. Tho opposite sldo insists that there ara
plenty Of fsb 10 be caught. but no men slnlful
enough or Indus trlOus enough 10 catch them: that
though Government has built harhors and piers, and
even given boats and nets lie Idle, the
hang rotting beside tho cottage doors.
Probably tho real truth lies between these two
0DpOste versions OF II. That the fsh have migrated
skill and better appliances than are forthcoming, IL
tOlerably sure. A recent Government Commits sion
gives unqucstionabh statistics on tho subject. Re
porting OF Kinybegs-only few miles distant from
Tcejin-t says
"Mackerc appt a red In great quantities and remained
during July, August and September. but few only
were caught, owing TO the scarcity OF nets. Lob
sters and crabs In great ABUNDANCE. Soles
impossible to calculate Che enormous loss of fish
for want Of the proper means OF capture"
Yet the report goes on to recort "LOans to fish
ermen iof six counties) during the past ton years
ending December 81 1894. soa, 900. Repaid, geo
O62 Out OF 2G4 applications for grants to construct
improve boat steOs, piers, harbOrs were
INQUIRED into and ftyfve recommended The cost
being roughly estimated mt a193.00O."
After this who shall that England refuses to
helm Ireland or that Ireland never pays bcT debta
Alas II the politicians OF both countries would cease
talking and act: II the people would give up wrang-
ling and work II the upper classes would show an
eyanYDle to the lower Instead OF ccnsurng Them for
not possessing virfues which for centuries their
betfers have too seldom exemp'ifed-thuft, order.
G'e and above all. Christian charlty-theh indeed
there might be some hope for Irelasd.